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Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders
Date 2007
Event ID 578143
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/578143
In order to increase the very limited capacity of the Loch Ken regulating reservoir, the water level of Loch Ken
was raised approximately 6 ft by the construction of a barrage of six lifting gates at Glenlochar. They are of the
fully-balanced free-roller type of 45 ft clear span, three gates being 10 ft deep and the other three 9 ft. They can
be operated either manually, by electric push-button control from the bridge, or by a remote control from the
Tongland power station. A fish pass is provided in the centre of the structure. The barrage was completed in
1934. The consulting engineers were Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners and the main contractor was John Howard & Co. Ltd. The control gates were made by Glenfield & Kennedy Ltd, Kilmarnock.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
